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"Suffragette City" was a single by David Bowie.

Originally recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust
sessions, "Suffragette City" was a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to A Clockwork Orange (the word "droogie") and the sing-a-long hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!" the song had become a fixture of Bowie’s live shows, and one of his best known album cuts.

In 1976, it was issued as a single to promote the Changesonebowie
compilation in the UK, with the US single edit of "Stay" on the B-side. The single failed to chart.

Track listing

# "Suffragette City" (Bowie) – 3:25 # "Stay” (Bowie) – 3:21

Production credits

Producers:
* Ken Stott
on "Suffragette City"
* Harry Maslin on "Stay"
* David Bowie

Musicians:
* David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar on "Suffragette City"
* Mick Ronson: Guitar on "Suffragette City"
* Trevor Bolder: Bass on "Suffragette City"
* Mick Woodmansey: Drums on "Suffragette City"
* Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick: Guitar on "Stay"
* George Murray: Bass on "Stay"
* Dennis Davis
: Drums on "Stay"
* Roy Bittan: Piano on "Stay"

Other releases

It was released as the B-side of the singles "Starman" in April 1972 and "Young Americans
" in February 1975.
A picture disc release appeared in the RCA Life Time picture disc set.
It also appeared on the following compilations:
* The Best of David Bowie (Japan 1974)
* ChangesOneBowie (1976)
* ChangesBowie (1990)
* Bowie: The Singles 1969-1993 (1993)
* The Singles Collection (1993)
* RarestOneBowie (Japan 1995)
* The Best of 1969/1974 (1997)

Live versions

Bowie recorded the song for the BBC radio program "Sounds of the 70s: John Peel", and this was broadcast May 23rd, 1972. In 2000 this recording was released on the Bowie at the Beeb album.
A live version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 20 October 1972 was released on Santa Monica '72
.
The version played at the famous concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3 1973 was released on Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture.
A recording from the 1974 tour was released on David Live
. This version was also released in the Sound + Vision box set. Another live recording from the 1974 tour was released on the semi-legal A Portrait in Flesh.

Cover versions

Alice In Chains - Live Recording: Heroin
Toni Basil
- Live At The Roxy
Big Audio Dynamite - F-Punk (1995)
Embarrassing Wednesday
Boo Hoos - Rock For Real
Boy George - Live in Detroit, Michigan, 1995 and on the album The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit(1999)
Corpus Delicti - Goth Oddity - A Tribute to David Bowie (1999)
Duran Duran - Live recording - 1980 Birmingham Christmas Show
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Single (1989)
Golden Delicious - Crash Course for the Ravers - A Tribute to the Songs of David Bowie (1996)
The Get Up Kids - Eudora (2001)
The Hooded Crow - Live Recording 4/2/96
Identity Crisis - Live Recording: At The Nines 4/11/91
Steve Jones - Fire and Gasoline (1989)
Killer Nannies In America - Ashes To Ashes: A Tribute To David Bowie (1998)
Kyosuke Himuro – Single (1988)
L.A. Guns – Cuts (1992)
Hazel O'Connor – Single
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Single (1996)
Rose of Victory – Single
Andy Taylor – Single
Turbonegro – Single (1998)
V.O.A. - Philboard Top 20
Wounded Turkey - Only Bowie (1995)
Nerve Agents - Kill your Idols / Nerve Agents Split

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